Low Carbon Wire Specifications

There is no specific standard for low carbon wire so we have used the general details provided by Onesteel. Other wire from local and overseas suppliers may have different characteristics so please check with your supplier.

Hard Drawn Low Carbon

Nominal Diameter

Tolerance

Nominal Wire Dia. mm

Tensile Strength (Mpa)

>1.60 mm < 2.80 mm

+/- 0.04 mm

>1.60 mm < 2.00 mm

750-1050

>2.80 mm < 5.00 mm

+/- 0.05 mm

>2.00 mm < 2.24 mm

700-1000

>5.00 mm < 8.00 mm

+/- 0.06 mm

>2.24 mm < 2.70 mm

650-950

>8.00 mm

+/- 0.08 mm

>2.70 mm < 2.80 mm

600-900

>2.80 mm < 4.20 mm

550-850

>4.20 mm < 11.2 mm

500-800

Low Carbon Galvanised Wire

4.00

10.10

+/-0.07 mm

+/-0.08 mm

5.00

6.50

+/-0.08 mm

+/-0.10 mm

5.60

5.20

+/-0.08 mm

+/-0.10 mm

6.30

4.10

+/-0.06 mm

+/-0.15 mm

7.10

3.20

+/-0.06 mm

n/a

8.00

2.50

+/-0.10 mm

n/a

9.00

2.00

+/-0.10 mm

n/a

10.00

1.60

+/-0.10 mm

n/a

3.15

16.30

+/-0.07 mm

+/-0.08 mm

2.50

25.90

+/-0.06mm

+/-0.07 mm

Hard 625-850

2.00

40.50

+/-0.06 mm

+/-0.07 mm

1.60

63.30

+/-0.04 mm

+/-0.05 mm

Med 500-625

1.25

103.7

+/-0.04 mm

+/-0.05mm

0.90

200.0

+/-0.04 mm

+/-0.05 mm

Soft 380-550

Nominal Diameter mm

Metres/kg

Standard Galvanised to Class W02Z

Heavy Galvanised to Class W010Z

Tensile Strength MPa

NB Not all tensile strengths are available in all sizes and coating masses